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Category: Frances Harper

  • The Poetry and Poetic Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper

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    Thursday, February 24, 7pm – Frances Harper Week The Poetry and Poetic Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper This event will feature Melba Joyce Boyd and Sonia Sanchez reading poetry by Frances E.W. Harper and their own poetry. An open reading of contemporary poetry in Harper’s tradition of social activism will follow. This event will include…

  • Falaka Fattah and the Political Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper

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    Tuesday, February 22, 7pm – Frances Harper Week Falaka Fattah and the Political Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper Falaka Fattah is the founder of House of Umoja, a Philadelphia activist, and mother of Congressman Chaka Fattah. Falaka Fattah’s great grandmother married the brother of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s husband. Every generation of the Fattah family…

  • Cover Page

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    A Brighter Coming Day: Rediscovering Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 28, 1825 – February 22, 1911) Portrait of Frances E.W. Harper by Leroy Forney commissioned by First Unitarian Chuch of Philadelphia February 20 to February 27, 2011 100th Anniversary of the Death of Frances E.W. Harper 12 Events in Various Locations

  • Introduction and Biography

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    Why I Love Frances Harper “I am attracted to smart women. I am attracted to talented women. I am attracted to brave women. I married one and we live happily ever after. Then, six months ago, I was introduced to this amazing woman who lived just a few blocks from me. Her name is Frances…

  • Program of Events

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    A BRIGHTER COMING DAY SPEAKERS Lena Ampadu is Professor in the Department of English, Towson University, where she teaches composition, Survey of African American Literature, Major Writers of African American Literature, and courses on black women writers. In addition, she is the immediate past Director of the African and African American Studies Program. She has published a…

  • Frances Harper’s Poetry

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    The Slave Mother (1854) Heard you that shriek? It rose So wildly on the air, It seemed as if a burden’d heart Was breaking in despair. Saw you those hands so sadly clasped– The bowed and feeble head– The shuddering of that fragile form– That look of grief and dread? Saw you the sad, imploring…

  • Frances Harper’s Prose

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    Letter From Frances Ellen Watkins to John Brown on November 25, 1859 Dear Friend: although the hands of Slavery throw a barrier between you and me, and it may not be my privilege to see you in your prison-house, Virginia has no bolts or bars through which I dread to send you my sympathy. In…

  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: A Literary Timeline

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    This timeline chronicles not only personal events in the life of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, but also literary milestones and historical landmarks that occurred during her lifetime. In it, Frances E. W. Harper will be referred to as Watkins until her marriage to Fenton Harper in 1860. The ages that follow each year refer to…

  • Commentary

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    On Creating the Portrait of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper By Leroy Forney, Artist The objective of the portrait painter is not only to provide a likeness but to capture the personality and vitality of the subject. A portrait is akin to meeting a person through conversation rather than by merely looking at a photograph of…

  • Partners

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    A BRIGHTER COMING DAY: Rediscovering Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is made possible by the efforts and cooperation of these organizations: The Abraham Lincoln Foundation of the Union League, 140 S. Broad Street www.unionleague.org/abraham-lincoln-foundation.php The ALF shares the collections of the Union League with the public through tours, exhibits, symposia and special programs. ALF collaborates with…